Caramelized Onion BBQ Bacon Burger
Posted: April 27, 2022Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 red onion
- brown sugar
- sweet BBQ sauce (we used GMG Cattle Drive)
- cheddar cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp GMG beef rub
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 tsp ground pepper
- 1 lb bacon
Preparation
-Preheat the grill to 500 degrees.
-Put your ground beef, egg, and spices in a large bowl and mix it well.
-Pack together 3-5 thick hamburger patties tightly and set them aside.


-Cut your red onion into 4-5 thick slices and pull apart the onion slices into a few solid rings.
-Coat the onion rings with a light layer of your favorite BBQ sauce, then sprinkle brown sugar over the top and bottom.


-Place the burger patties, bacon, and onion rings on your smoker and grill them hot and fast.


-After your first flip on the burgers (7-10 minutes in,) place a generous amount of cheddar cheese on each patty. Be sure to flip the onions once as well.
-Place the probe in your thickest burger patty and pull at 135 degrees for medium rare.
-We made our burger with bacon, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, brown sugar caramelized onions, and a light layer of extra BBQ sauce.

